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March 2012
Art Spiegelman @ Pompidou – Paris
The exhibition gravitates around the 5 big editorial episodes (up to now) in Spiegelman's life. Starting with his works @ San Francisco's Arcade mag
Find out more »Futur Anterieur @ galerie du jour agnès b. – Paris
All your favorite retro-futuristic trends under one roof! Steampunk lovers rejoice! Opening last March "Futur Anterieur" is coming to an end in exactly 3 weeks time, so now it's a good time to remember & remind you about the exhibition curated by Jean Francois Sanz. 20th century was never so future-prolific, not because of all our concepts, ideas & films about the coming centuries but because we were also capable of establishing retro-futuristic trends such as steampunk... to the point of…
Find out more »Le destin des fantômes @ Galerie Loevenbruck – Paris
As easily as Philippe Mayaux's sculptures are seductive, they are threatening and scary, and if you're in Paris this coming month then you'll still be able to experience his always tricky works; his latest now exhibiting @ central Paris gallery Loevenbruck... From Philippe Mayaux - Le destin des fantômes - Image via Loevenbruck gallery Our east-Paris neighbor just got his 40th solo-exhibition for which, once again, extreme detail is king and global meaning is pointless, in "Ghosts' destiny" the pirouette…
Find out more »April 2012
Comme un Ananas @ Galerie des Galeries – Paris
For those of you (most non-Frenchies) who don't know anything about Philippe Katerine, visiting his latest exhibition @ Galerie de Galeries (Lafayette) may not be the best way to get started, or to enter the Katerineverse. He's a real big shot, probably the most unclassifiable contemporary French artist. He's a singer, mainly, but also an actor, a great dancer (right?), illustrator and we just discovered in this exhibition his sculpting facet. "Comme un ananas" (like a pineapple) is however an…
Find out more »Crumb, From the Underground to Genesis @ MAM – Paris
I'd love to know what Mr. Crumb thinks about French & especially about Parisian women, probably too skinny for his own female prototype, no big boobs, no big muscled legs or massive butts... they're hardly noticeable for heaven's sake! Although after a couple of decades living in southern France with his family (Aline included, she's the one who actually pushed to come over here) , he's probably got used to the paysage... Fabrice Hergott (MAM's director) decided to open an…
Find out more »Ron Mueck @ Hauser & Wirth – London
From operating puppets @ the Australian children's television program Shirl's Neighbourhood to being one of Charles Saatchi's favorite artists, easy peasy. The animatronics genius whose gigantic sculptures tend to impress and disgust at the same time is presenting his first major solo presentation in London for over a decade. Mr Saatchi does pull out his well-kept sculptures from time to time into his London gallery but he hasn't done so in a while, so the nice people @ Hauser & Wirth thought...…
Find out more »Gift gegen Zeit @ BlainSouthern – Berlin
The acidic & multi-colored style Jonas Burgert has accustomed us to just found the perfect place to be exhibited in: Der Tagesspiegel's old press printing building and home to the Berlin version of BlainSouthern. It seems like a perfect match for Burgert’s creatures invasion right? A 2 month takeover that starts next Saturday (April 28th we mean)… For the occasion the German artist will unveil a series of new paintings (some monumental in scale... oh yes!) alongside sculptural works. His parallel &…
Find out more »May 2012
Andreas Züst @ Swiss Cultural Centre – Paris
As small and hidden as the Parisian Swiss cultural centre might be, it sometimes hosts some incredible exhibitions. Their just-opened Andreas Züst collection exhibition brings some of the best pieces the multi-talented Swiss arist collected throughout his life. © Jean-Frédéric Schnyder - Todesreiter Serie II 1977 - Aargauer Kunsthaus Aarau - Dépôt de la collection Andreas Züst. Photo by David Aebi The painter, photographer & art collector begin in the early 70s to document the Zürich art scene mixing subcultures,…
Find out more »Yutaka Takanashi @ Fondation HCB – Paris
Yukata Takanashi has always photographed Tokyo and many other cities from far away, very far away; but still managing to penetrate the uncorrupted parts of Japan, all those places where the money didn't took over. For the first time in France, one of the big names of XXth century Japanese photography will be exhibited @ the Fondation Henri Cartier-Bresson until late July, a great opportunity to admire once-again this particular Asian country. Yukata Takanashi - Bar Toyota - Courtesy of…
Find out more »Paula Rego: Balzac and other stories @ Marlborough – London
Iberian folklore has a lot to do with the mix of religious and pagan symbolism, something Paula Rego knows a lot about and has extensively exploited in all her works throughout her 5-decade-long career. Starting next Tuesday the very British but also Iberian Miss Rego will see her second London house (Marlborough gallery) welcome her dark & truculent stories for a new exhibition. "Balzac & other stories" coincides with the publication of the revised and updated Catalogue Raisonné by Tom…
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